Two killed, four seriously injured in Jasper County crash

4:57 AM,
Jan. 13, 2013

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News-Leader Staff

Two people were killed and four seriously injured in a crash on Interstate 44 near Sarcoxie just after noon Saturday.

Bonnie S. Weaver, 75, of Tulsa, Okla., was westbound in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 44 in a 1998 Dodge Dakota when she struck a 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer, driven by Johnny L. Washburn, 58, of Asbury, head on at 12:23 p.m., according to a report by the Missouri Highway Patrol. Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene less than 20 minutes after the crash.